Evans Officers Testify On Melbourne Collision Findings
The junior officer on the destroyer Frank E. Evans testified he saw no running lights or navigational advisory from the Australian carrier Melbourne before the June 3 collision that tore the Evans in two near Subic Bay. The forward section sank, 74 crew members died, as officers faced negligence suspicions during a SEATO exercise.
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Collision in Italian tunnel kills four in Sicily
In Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Sicily a head-on collision in the St Anthony Tunnel left at least four dead and five injured as two trains one with 130 passengers and a postal car and seven freight cars and a 39 car freight train collided at more than 50 mph. Rescue workers struggled to count the casualties as many passengers escaped the wreckage. Seven firefighters were overcome by fumes before ventilation reached the 110 yard tunnel near Messina about 20 miles away.
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Weather Outlook Shows Showers Across Seaboard and Plains
Showers and thundershowers forecast for the Atlantic Seaboard and parts of the Southern Plains and Upper Midwest. Elsewhere fair to partly cloudy with warmer conditions dominating. Showers to end this morning with a windy, cloudy afternoon. highs in the 70s and tonight’s lows in the 50s. Northerly winds up to 20 mph. Middletown rainfall to date 15.94 inches. yesterday 2.36 inches. last year 17.99 inches. Middletown High Low 69.
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Nixon dismisses surfboard gift on Father’s Day recall
President Richard Nixon joked that a surfboard given by his daughters Tricia and Julie 30 years ago does not impress him today. He also recalled an aide on a Midway Islands trip who stopped in Hawaii and broke his leg in about 12 hours.
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The Times Morais Lacon Publication Details
The Times Morais Lacon announces a morning daily published Monday through Saturday by Orange County Publications, a division of Ottaway Newspapers Radio Inc. in Middletown New York. Subscription rates include 60 cents weekly by carrier and one year by mail in Orange Sullivan Sussex and Pike Counties.
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Roof Collapse Kills 50 at Segovia Restaurant
In Segovia Spain a steel roof collapsed at a large restaurant during a business luncheon. The disaster killed at least 50 people and injured more than 200 as heavy debris fell on diners in a housing complex area 40 miles northwest of Madrid.
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Brazil vows friendly welcome for Rockefeller Latin swing
Police in Brasilia Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo rounded up about 10 suspected agitators and jailed them to avoid incidents during New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller third Latin America visit. Government ordered newspapers and broadcasters to keep quiet about anti American demonstrations and any hostility. Treasury Secretary Kennedy denied Nixon threatened to veto oil depletion allowance reductions.
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Socialists meet in England amid rare Israeli Egyptian attendance
EASTBOURNE England Socialist International opens a major conference on international problems with notable participation by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Egyptian adviser Hussein Zulficar Sabry. The seaside talks will cover Europe Vietnam East West relations and the Middle East crisis. Cyrus R Vance calls for a standstill cease fire in Vietnam as part of a five point peace plan including an international peacekeeping force and a joint electoral commission.
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